At your local club, two regulars have begun a 7-point match. These players
are late middle-aged and intermediate in strength. From your experience,
both are men of integrity.
U.S. Tournament Backgammon Rules and Procedures: "5.1 KEEPING SCORE.
Each player shall keep a running match score and compare his score with
opponent's at the start of every game."
Knowing the rules, after setting up for game two, Player 1 says: "Zero,
two, to seven." Player 2 replies: "I lead four to nothing. I won a gammon
with the cube on two." Player 1 counters: "Yes, you won a gammon, but the
cube was never turned."
"DIRECTOR!!!"
You make the call.

I would ask Player 2 to describe the point at which he doubled. That could
jog the memory of one or both players as to what actually happened. E.g.,
Player 1 may say "I remember you thought about it then, but rolled." If
the players do not agree at that point, then the ruling is based on where
the cube is.
As an aside, it is probably better to confirm the score at the end of each
game -- before the cube and checkers have been reset. But I confess that I
usually confirm at the beginning...

Jeb got my point. I've actually seen this occur, as have most who have
played face-to-face backgammon for a reasonable amount of time.
Why are the rules written this way?? If the rule said "compare scores at
the end of the current game, before resetting checkers and cube..."
wouldn't this kind of contention disappear? The rules are supposed to
minimize the number of disputes. I think we (collective backgammon
community) blew this one. What do you think the chances of the US Rules
being amended for this (and possibly other) weakness?